Many apologies everyone, we've been offline since the New Year due to a glitch in automatic payments, but we're alive and kicking, and back online.

So Welcome back to ND. If you're going to stay please contribute or at least visit occasionally [?!]. Here are some good reasons for sticking around:-

1) Frittole, an inspiring eco-village project in rural Tuscany needs volunteers this year to help with restoration of  traditional farmhouse, outbuildings, permaculture gardens and olive harvest. Natural hotsprings 6km away, beautiful place and people :) Contact Ceri for more details if you're interested

They hope to be holding courses and workshops there in 2012 for paying participants, more info when they've sorted out their ideas!

2) Gaiaveda Vendoire by ND member Matt Morton.

72 hour Permaculture Design Course, Dordogne France, 13th August to 27th August 2011

3) Greetings baleheads, here are some details for an upcoming strawbale course in Northern Spain. Contact Nigel direct on email below for booking, or further details.

 30th sep - 2nd Oct Northern Spain, If you type into 
Google map RIBADESELLA, SPAIN it will show the area.
 
Cost £200 per person inc meals/drinks, accomodation 
is available, see www.spain-holiday.com/id/8006 
Pick-up to and from Santander airport 
 
Contact Nigel for further info 
Email to_hvp@yahoo.co.uk
 

4) All sorts of exciting things afoot at http://www.eco-chateau.com

5) Last but not least, a message from a good friend:

Hi Ceri . Italy looks great. Sounds like you are having a great time. I am hoping as you are hanging out in likely circles you could spread the word for me ....
I have a friend , she lives in an old watermill in one of the most beautiful places i have ever been in the Haut Corbierre about an 40 mins from us. She has a lot of land and is looking for a sound person or people to come and park up or put their yurt in order to share the land and create a veggie garden . She's a lovely, cool, creative woman. It would be a wonderful hassle free park up for anyone who's looking for a bit of the goodlife and the potential there is enormous.

That should keep you all busy for a while! Don't forget to keep us up to date with your own natural building projects and activities....